Tom Kitchin

Critics say freshly-released national health plan lacks detail - but Health Minister Andrew Little says that isn't the point.

Te Tairāwhiti, the region with the highest proportion of Māori in the country, now has Māori wards for its council for the first time.

Ovation of the Seas sailed in to Napier from Tahiti, and arrived in Wellington on Tuesday.

Consultation on new space policy has been rushed too quickly, says a mana whenua representative in Māhia.

Hundreds of roads in Tairāwhiti are in a state of disarray, with some residents unable to move for months because their roads are impassable.

Community members in Gisborne are kicking off a grassroots movement to try and stop a surge in gang warfare.

Mana whenua in Clive (Waipūreku) in Hawke's Bay (Te-Matau-a-Māui) are taking bold steps to reclaim the name of a nearby river, which they say was "usurped" from them.

A Napier City councillor has expressed concern around the number of staff leaving the council, just days before the chief executive announced her resignation.

Napier mayor admits to making a mistake in public statements about how much her council would invest in Three Waters compared to the government's reforms.

Some Napier residents are "appalled, angry and upset" they were kept in the dark about a proposed social housing development.

The city council is warning the discoloured water may come gushing out of the taps for some weeks yet.

A rule quietly ushered in affecting properties across the Hastings district coastline has left residents frustrated, puzzled and out of pocket.

Hawke's Bay regional leaders are the latest to complain to government ministers over funding to transport agency Waka Kotahi.

Life-long royalist Dorothy Galloway, 83, was one of the first in line at Napier's Waiapu Cathedral yesterday morning to sign the official condolence book for the Queen.

Napier councillors are divided over whether there are culture and leadership problems at the council as the local body election looms.

Opponents of a dam development in Central Hawke's Bay say a regional council decision to defer consent fees is a concern for the future.

Residents in a part of Napier say a stench from factories close by is so bad they can not open their windows or put clothes on their washing lines.

A mushroom farm which got a $19 million loan from the government will let around 100 of its staff go and close much of its factory.

There is a real race on for the local elections in Tairāwhiti, with the highest number of candidates in 21 years. RNZ meets the four vying to be mayor of Gisborne.

Students at a Hastings college have been sneaking in Uber Eats at lunchtime, with some claiming the food they get at school is atrocious.

Despite the government's plea for everyone to wear face masks indoors, mask wearing is hit and miss around the motu.

Authorities are adamant that despite another fatal crash on the Napier-Taupō highway, the national strategy to cut road deaths actually works.

Despite new plans to revitalise a neglected part of Napier's city centre, much of its future is still uncertain.

Tangata whenua in Napier want to ensure a fertiliser plant won't degrade the environment any more than it already has.

Hawke's Bay's dramatic coastline, with its houses often blasted by wild weather, may change completely as rising sea levels threaten to force people from their homes.